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Data Privacy Month 2015
Did you know that Data Privacy Month (January 28-February 28, 2015) is just two months away? Now is the perfect time for colleges and universities to start planning activities and events.Here are...
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Higher Education’s Top 10 Strategic Technologies for 2015
ECAR RESEARCH HUBPrincipal Investigator: Susan Grajek, EDUCAUSE Vice President, Data, Research, and AnalyticsTrends Report Co-Author: Betsy Reinitz, Director of Administrative IT ProgramsPublished:...
View ArticleThe Power of Privacy and the Passion to Build Something Better
Privacy is a systems management and compliance issue, a unique and dynamic student and faculty requirement, and a topic of expanding innovative possibilities as an ever-present element in higher...
View Article5 Observations from Michelle Dennedy
The January 20, 2015 EDUCAUSE Live! webinar “The Power of Privacy and the Passion to Build Something Better” presented by Michelle Finneran Dennedy, Vice President and Chief Privacy Officer, McAfee,...
View ArticleCelebrate Data Protection and Stewardship this Data Privacy Day
January 28 marks the 8th annual Data Privacy Day (DPD), an international effort centered on "Respecting Privacy, Safeguarding Data, and Enabling Trust."Data Privacy Day's goals are to:read more
View ArticleHey, Students Are Consumers, Too
J. Trevor Hughes, CIPPJ. Trevor Hughes, President and CEO, International Association of Privacy ProfessionalsLately, a slew of research has been released about how the public perceives the digital...
View ArticleUsing Smartphone Apps Safely
By Celina StewartCelina Stewart is an undergraduate student in International Relations at Brown University."We should hack an application," a fellow teaching assistant brainstormed to our Cybersecurity...
View ArticleStingray Makes Waves
Or, How Technology Helps Your Friendly Neighborhood Policeman Violate Your Privacy in New and Innovative WaysGeoffrey S. Nathan, Faculty Liaison for Computing and Information Technology, Wayne State...
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The Role of Privacy Practices in Information Management
Tracy Mitrano and Jacob CunninghamTracy Mitrano, Former Director of IT Policy and Law, Cornell University; and Jake Cunningham, Information Security Officer, University of Massachusetts Amherstread...
View ArticlePrivacy and Organizational Analytics
Michael Corn, Deputy CIO, Brandeis UniversityThe floodgates are opening on organizational analytics and I worry that privacy is going to drown in the deluge. By organizational analytics, I'm referring...
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Privacy vs. Privacy
Lisa Ho, Campus Privacy Officer, University of California, BerkeleyIt's common to see privacy pitted against security in the form of the question, "How much privacy are we willing to give up for...
View ArticleED Releases Guidance, Training Video on Protecting Student Privacy in Online...
On February, 26, the Department of Education (ED) released a 10-minute training video and model terms of service read more
View ArticlePresident Releases Draft Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights
On February 27, President Obama released draft legislation, the Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2015, promoting the use of codes of conduct by companies who want to protect customers’ data...
View ArticleKnow Thy Students: Providing Aggregate Student Data to Instructors
TakeawaysLearner-centered approaches to higher education require that instructors have insight into their students' characteristics, but instructors often prepare their courses long before they have an...
View ArticleThe Chief Privacy Officer in Higher Education
This article includes a wealth of information about how some members of the Higher Education Chief Privacy Officers group perceive their role, their concerns about privacy, and their expectations for...
View ArticleWhere Should You Keep Your Data?
"Formal policies on information storage are finally beginning to emerge from federal grant agencies. Federal funding agencies have made it clear that grant proposals must include plans for sharing...
View ArticleSenate ESEA Amendment Calls for Student Privacy Commission
Summary: (July 21, 2015) The Senate recently passed its Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) reauthorization bill, the Every Child Achieves Act. It includes an amendment calling for the...
View ArticleU.S. Reps. Rokita and Fudge Introduce Legislation to Safeguard Student...
Jen Ortega serves as a consultant to EDUCAUSE on federal policy and government relations. She has worked with EDUCAUSE since 2013 and assists with monitoring legislative and regulatory proposals across...
View ArticleLife Online: Musings and Memoirs
With digital advances come advancing digital threats. Look back to see why today's comprehensive layered security programs and safeguards must continue to evolve.read more
View ArticleYour Evolving Digital Life: Privacy in a Connected World
Privacy is imperative for freedom of thought, expression and speech, association, and social and political activities. To preserve "who we are," it is important that privacy continues to be part of our...
View ArticleThis Message Will Not Self-Destruct: Privacy and Security in an Increasingly...
With more data being collected — and shared — about us all the time, it behooves each of us to stay aware of the type, amount, and reach of that data to protect not just our privacy but also our...
View ArticleThe Internet Is Changing the Way We Remember
Convenient access to the Internet might make remembering mundane information a thing of the past. Just make sure you can find that information securely, by securing your Internet-enabled devices and...
View ArticleUnified Communications in Higher Education: Responding to New Risks
New unified communications (UC) capabilities and the increased desire for richer collaboration experiences have led to a fundamental shift in the technology we use for communication. For many decades...
View ArticleAmazon and Best Buy Are Following Me, and It's Creeping Me Out
If you’re searching for something sensitive online, be sure to use a private browsing option to protect your privacy. Targeted ads are everywhere and you may find them popping up at the most...
View ArticlePrivacy in Higher Education: A CPO's Perspective
Kent Wada (CPO and Director, Strategic IT Policy, UCLA) received the Privacy Leadership in Education Award from the California Information Security Office on September 30, 2015, and EDUCAUSE took this...
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